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Rana denies plotting Mumbai terror attacks

by Sunita Bothra November 30, 2009 World

New York: Terror suspect in 26/11, Pakistani-Canadian Tahawwur Rana, was arrested in the US for his alleged role in the Mumbai terror attacks.
He has denied any role in the plot. Rana, was arrested along with David Coleman Headley, alias Daood Gilani, for the plot.
In a press release on Sunday, Rana’s lawyer, Patrick Blegen, said, “Mr [...]

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New York governor apologizes amid reports of links with prostitution

by Dpa March 10, 2008 Americas

New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has acknowledged that he had engaged in wrongdoing but did not confirm a story in The New York Times that he has been linked by investigators to a prostitution ring.
Spitzer apologized to his family and the public. “I failed to live up to the standard I expected of myself,” he [...]

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New York boy held guilty of hate crime against Sikh

by Indo-Asian News Service March 8, 2008 Americas

The Queens Supreme Court jury here has held a teenage boy guilty of hate crime for cutting off a Sikh boy’s hair by force.
Umair Ahmed was held guilty Friday of hate crimes, harassment and possession of a deadly weapon.
The trial stemmed from an incident last May when the victim, Harpal Singh Vacher, then 15, was [...]

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Journalism more than ‘rough draft of history’

by Indo-Asian News Service March 8, 2008 Americas

The Washington Post’s Donald Graham once famously said that journalism is the “first rough draft of history” – but a new study claims that it goes well beyond that.
It contends that the media, in fact “significantly influences” the very shaping of history.
The study, by a University of Missouri researcher, scanned the use of historical references [...]

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Pregnant Presley angry about media criticism

by Indo-Asian News Service March 8, 2008 Americas

Singer Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of rock icon Elvis Presley, is not happy with the way the press has attacked her for gaining weight and has announced that she is pregnant.
According to tmz.com, Presley has written on her blog about her frustration about media obsession with her weight.
She wrote: “Confirmation under the gun. After being [...]

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Computers explain browning of pears during storage

by Indo-Asian News Service March 8, 2008 Science

Researchers have attributed the browning of pears to restricted gas exchange inside their pulp, especially when stored under low oxygen conditions.
Researchers at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium suggested a computer model that can be used to improve long-term storage of fruit under controlled conditions.
Pears and other fleshy fruit are commercially stored under low [...]

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Blunt’s producer angry with record company

by Indo-Asian News Service March 8, 2008 Americas

Music producer Linda Perry, formerly lead singer of 4 Non Blondes, worked on James Blunt’s song “You’re Beautiful” and says the record company cheated her of money.
Perry says she did all the work on Blunt’s hit album “Back To Bedlam”, making it a huge success, reports Tmz.com
She claims she signed Blunt in 2003 and did [...]

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Significant concerns on USAF tanker order: Boeing

by Indo-Asian News Service March 8, 2008 Americas

The Boeing Company says “significant concerns” remain after a US Air Force (USAF) debriefing during which acquisition officials sought to explain why they selected a team of Northrop Grumman and the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) for a contract to replace aerial refuelling tankers.
The debriefing Friday came one week after what Boeing termed [...]

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Blast in Times Square hits traffic in New York City

by Dpa March 6, 2008 Breaking News

Police and firefighters cordoned off an area in New York City’s landmark Times Square area to investigate an early morning explosion, reports said.
The New York Times in a news alert said the blast apparently took place in front of a US military recruitment station, located on the traffic island between 43rd and 44th Streets and [...]

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